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MOTLEY NOTES: POISONALITY

... MOTLEY NOTES. By ALAN KEMP. POISON ALITY. WHAT is it we need for the New Year? More guns? More aeroplanes? More ships? More Ministries? More War Aims and Peace Aims? More economic warfare? More propaganda? No! We can do with an extra ration of most of these things, except, perhaps, the Ministries, but what we really need to give us the Will to Win is Personality. Let it be your 1940 resolution ...

Published: Wednesday 03 January 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1346 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: Illustrations 

Alice in Wardenland

... F rr- **-1 Alice in War SSRP^-^ -^SsTL. i V£4!^r'-> /mp'' Bv CHRISTINE CAMPBELL THOMSON. IT seemed to Alice as if she would never stop following the White Rabbit down those winding stairs, but at last they came to a small room, brightly lit. A number of strange animals and persons were sitting about. An old sheep was knitting and a flamingo was playing darts with a lizard. This is the Post, ...

Published: Wednesday 03 January 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1066 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: Illustrations 

JACK DOYLE & MOVITA

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Published: Wednesday 03 January 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 79 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: Illustrations 

SALUTATIONS FROM THE FUTURE: BENG OUR SHORT STORY

... SALUTATIONS FROM THE FUTURE. By WINIFRED AGAR. * MIRANDA JEAN PENELOPE TODD felt pleased with her new car as she drove it to the cemetery on that beautiful winter morning. Snow lay on the ground, and the sun hung blandly orange in a dun sky. The trees along the road were exquisite in their nakedness. She was visiting the cemetery to see the newly-erected headstone on ...

WHY WAR?

... by Charles Spcncelayh THE ACADEMY PICTURE OF THE YEAR In response to many requests this appealing picture, which was reproduced in The Tatlcr, has now been published in separate form. Specially printed copies in full colour on art paper (size of picture 13{ X 1 0 ins.). Price 1/6 (post free), or mounted on plate. sunk mounts, ready for framing, 3/6 each. Order with remittance should be sent to ...

Published: Wednesday 03 January 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 81 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: Illustrations 

TO CHEER YOU UP SECTION: THE UBIQUITOUS WINSTON: THE EVIL MACHINATIONS OF THE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY

... TO CHEER YOU UP SECTION. THE UBIQUITOUS WINSTON: THE EVIL MACHINATIONS OF THE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY. German hatred of Mr. Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, is, obviously, a tribute to his ability and far-sighted policy. It is expressed in various tvays including the' dissemination of strange stories of his evil machinations. According to them, it teas he icho sank the ...

Published: Wednesday 03 January 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 138 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations 

Please forward overseas

... jlm&i hitmd ovfjtMab By JOYCE DENNYS. MY DEAR ROBERT-- What with Bill at home and the Linnet having three days' leave, of course we had to give a party. We had dinner first, and then some more people came in and we danced. Faith says she doesn't know how we dare to give parties with only one Daily and a Help, but it's all right as long as you don't try and be grand. Bill and the Linnet and ...

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Published: Wednesday 03 January 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 142 | Page: Page 36 | Tags: Illustrations 

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Published: Wednesday 03 January 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 4 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: Covers  Illustrations 

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Published: Wednesday 03 January 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 72 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: Illustrations 

THE BRISTLEWOODS SEE IT THROUGH

... . MR. bristlewood I know who that dog reminds me oj MRS. BRISTLEWOOD If you say Goebbels I '11 never speak to you again DRAWN BY FRANK REYNOLDS. ...

Published: Wednesday 03 January 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 32 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations